Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost. While ORNL researchers have conducted extensive studies on the impact of climate change in temperate regions like East Tennessee, less is known about the […]

According to a new survey by researchers at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, three out of four Americans believe that the Earth has been gradually warming as the result of human activity and want the government to institute regulations to stop it.